The U.S. Department of Education. "The agency of the federal government that establishes policy for, administers, and coordinates most federal assistance to education." A great deal of information can be found here: policies, publications, initiatives, boards & commissions that provide advice to the Dept. of Education, as well as statistics. In particular, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.

The White House. With every new president, the makeup of this webpage and the information on it changes. This links to Obama's page on education issues (and don't forget to search the White House webpage for education).

CQ Weekly. Congressional Quarterly's weekly publication of events in Congress. The journal website allows you to search by keyword, topic, or date.

Opensecrets.org. Very, very informative website on who gives and gets what in the way of political donations. Select "Education" from their list of industries from the "Who Gives" tab. Related resources to this Opensecrets.org can be found here (approximately the top 15 will be more appropriate). No on that list, but could easily be, is MAPlight.org, which provides some additional background information on bills moving through Congress..

Legislative Resources. A list of web resources that enable you to track current legilsation (as well as supplemental information on them) on most any topic. If education is not already listed as a catagory, conduct a search for it.

Education resources found in Internet Directories: Google, Yahoo, and the Open Directory Project. Rather than surf blindly, these three directories have rounded up and categorized education resources (some of which will be repeated; others not).

For any questions about these resources, contact Bruce Sarjeant. LRC 234, x1580.